# Telegram Channel Scraper - Posts, Views & Reactions, No Login (`dariandanciu/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor Scrape posts from public Telegram channels without an account: text, date, views, reactions, links, hashtags, photos, videos, forwards and link previews, plus channel title and subscriber count. Many channels per run, date limit and in-channel search. - **URL**: https://apify.com/dariandanciu/telegram-channel-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Darian Danciu](https://apify.com/dariandanciu) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, News, Automation - **Security:** Limited permissions - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.55 / 1,000 posts This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ## Telegram Channel Scraper - Posts, Views & Reactions, No Login Scrape **posts from public Telegram channels**, no account or API key needed: **text, date, views, reactions**, links, hashtags, photos, videos, forwards and link previews, with the channel's **title and subscriber count** on every row. ### Why this one - **No login, no API key.** Reads the public web preview Telegram itself serves at t.me/s/. - **Many channels in one run**, newest posts first, back as far as you need. - **Views and reactions as numbers** ("1.88M" becomes `1880000`). - **Date limit and in-channel search** so you only pay for the posts you want. - **You only pay for posts.** Channels that don't exist or aren't public are listed in `RUN_SUMMARY` and cost nothing. ### Input | Field | Example | |---|---| | Channels | `durov`, `@telegram`, `https://t.me/s/bbcnews` | | Max posts per channel | `100` | | Posted after | `2026-10-01` | | Search inside channels | `bitcoin` | Every field is optional except **Channels**. ### Output One row per post. Example: ```json { "source": "telegram", "id": "telegram/460", "channel": "telegram", "postId": 460, "channelTitle": "Telegram News", "channelSubscribers": 9200000, "channelVerified": true, "channelDescription": "The official Telegram on Telegram. Much recursion. Very Telegram. Wow.", "date": "2026-08-26T19:12:34.000Z", "edited": false, "text": "For all the info from today's update and a look back at 13 years of Telegram features — check out our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/welcome-messages-buttons-TG-13\n\nAugust Features\n1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • More", "views": 2280000, "reactions": null, "reactionsTotal": null, "hashtags": [], "links": [ "https://telegram.org/blog/welcome-messages-buttons-TG-13", "https://t.me/telegram/455", "https://t.me/telegram/456", "https://t.me/telegram/457", "https://t.me/telegram/458", "https://t.me/telegram/459" ], "photos": [], "video": null, "videoDuration": null, "hasDocument": false, "linkPreview": "https://telegram.org/blog/welcome-messages-buttons-TG-13", "forwardedFrom": null, "forwardedFromUrl": null, "url": "https://t.me/telegram/460", "searchQuery": "durov" } ``` Each row also has `searchQuery`: the search that found it. A summary of the run (posts per search, the site's total for each search, and any searches that failed) is saved as `RUN_SUMMARY` in the key-value store. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML from the Output tab, or use the API. ### Use cases - **News and crypto monitoring** across many channels. - **Brand and competitor tracking:** what channels post about you, and how it performs. - **Research datasets** of public channel posts with engagement. ### Pricing Pay per post. See the Pricing tab. Searches that fail are free. ### Good to know - Only public channels with a web preview can be read; private channels, groups and member lists cannot (and are not collected). - Custom (premium) emoji reactions have no character; they come back as `custom` with their count. - Photo and video links are Telegram CDN links and may expire after a while; download soon after the run if you need the files. - This Actor reads public channel posts only. It does not log in, and it does not collect channel members, comments or private messages. ### Feedback Missing a field or a filter? Open an issue on the Issues tab. ### Related Actors More search, seo and content scrapers by the same developer, with the same pay-per-result pricing: | Actor | What it gets | |---|---| | [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/youtube-scraper) | Search results, channels, playlists and video data at $1 per 1,000 | | [Google Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/google-trends-scraper) | Interest over time, by region, related queries and trending searches | | [Google News Scraper](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/google-news-scraper) | Google News articles with the real publisher URL | | [Keyword Suggestions](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/keyword-suggestions-scraper) | Autocomplete keyword ideas from Google, YouTube, Bing and Amazon | | [Google Play Scraper](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/google-play-scraper-all-in-one) | Google Play reviews, app details, search and developers | | [Article Extractor](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/article-extractor-markdown) | Clean text and Markdown from any article URL | | [Website Screenshot](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/website-screenshot) | Bulk full-page, mobile and PDF screenshots | | [Domain Lookup](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/domain-lookup-whois-dns-ssl) | WHOIS/RDAP, DNS, SSL expiry and email security for many domains | | [Events Scraper](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/events-scraper-eventbrite-meetup-luma) | Events from Eventbrite, Meetup and Luma in one format | | [Instagram Profile & Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/instagram-scraper-no-login) | Public profiles, posts and engagement rate, no login | | [Pinterest Search Scraper](https://apify.com/dariandanciu/pinterest-search-scraper) | Pins with images, destination links and product prices | # Actor input Schema ## `searches` (type: `array`): Public channel usernames or links, one per line, e.g. "durov", "@telegram" or "https://t.me/durov". ## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`): Stop each channel after this many posts. ## `postedAfter` (type: `string`): Only posts on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Empty = no date limit. ## `searchInChannel` (type: `string`): Only posts that contain this word, using Telegram's own channel search. Empty = all posts. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify Proxy is recommended. If the site starts blocking, requests switch to residential proxies automatically. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searches": [ "durov", "telegram" ], "maxResultsPerSearch": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): One row per post. ## `summary` (type: `string`): Posts per search, and any searches that failed (not charged). # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searches": [ "durov", "telegram" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("dariandanciu/telegram-channel-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searches": [ "durov", "telegram", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("dariandanciu/telegram-channel-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searches": [ "durov", "telegram" ] }' | apify call dariandanciu/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dariandanciu/telegram-channel-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/kqnzgJnuZTHIrBbBM/builds/wSIXZeks6BkAfiZQ7/openapi.json